Biography Movies

Paris Song

80/100

Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. Along the way he befriends American songwriter George Gershwin, thus forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship.

Die Schlacht von Cedynia

68/100

Spion für Deutschland

66/100

The Lastbenchers

73/100

Its a movie about the life of LastBenchers who are failures in their academic life but when it comes to real life they struggles hard to become someone whom world can recognize and judge ... See full summary »

The Girl in the Bathtub

63/100

Based on the real life mystery surrounding the death of Julia Law, a young paralegal whose body was found in the apartment of her boss and lover, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer. Was it murder or something more complicated?

Pasteur

56/100

Rasputin, der Dämon von Petersburg

58/100

Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

66/100

This drama documentary for cinema explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on composer Benjamin Britten's life and work. The story begins in 1929 at Gresham's School in ... See full summary »

Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or

59/100

Since his directorial debut 10 years ago, Simon, a forty something filmmaker, nowadays spends more time shooting the breeze than shooting films. Following a silly bet he makes with an actor... See full summary »

Bolshaya doroga

70/100

Jaroslav Hasek - an acclaimed Czech comedy writer and anarchist - wants nothing but to drink beer in his favorite pub. Instead he is enrolled in the Austro-Hungarian army as the WWI starts. Not that he is planning to fight.

David Oistrakh: Artist of the People?

82/100

A portrait of violinist David Oïstrakh, from his birth in Odessa in 1908 until his in 1974, and his career under Stalin's left wing terrorist regime. Featuring interviews with his peers ... See full summary »

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

71/100

A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.

The Life of General Villa

70/100

The life and career of Panccho Villa from young man to revolutionary leader is chronicled.

Untold

67/100

A hate crime triggers disturbing flashbacks for a young veteran, finding herself reluctantly joining a PTSD support group. The eclectic group of women encourages her to peel away her families' lies.

Sokola Rimba

74/100

Following Butet Manurung's journey from anthropologist to educator to activist as she works with the indigenous Orang Rimba people who live upstream the Makekal river in the forest of Bukit Duabelas of Jambi, Sumatera, Indonesia.

The Last Smile

82/100

A bereaved father wants to know what happened to his son, even if that means going up against a multi-billion dollar company. His grief drives him to seek justice. His love drives him to ... See full summary »

Super Task Force One

71/100

15 years ago, the Super Task Force Six were shut down in secret by The evil Emperor Zagel. Since then, he has been working on a super weapon powered by all six armors. When a former ... See full summary »

Die Liebenden von Cayenne

67/100

In 1923, Albert Londres, the famous reporter, travels to the French penal colony in French Guyana. First, officers try to hide the truth, but leaded by his own instinct he begins an ... See full summary »

Toyen

66/100

Czech author and poet of Czech cinema Jan Nemec presents his unique vision inspired by life and art of surrealist painter.

Pierlequin

29/100

Filmed as both a biopic and a parable, this film covers the life of Leonid Engibarov and famous clown/poet in Armenia in the 1960's and 1990's. It is also an allegory of the love affair of ... See full summary »